After the United States imposed a strict chip export ban on China in early October, it actively wooed allies to join the common blockade front. According to Japanese media reports, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo had a telephone conversation with Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura on the 9th, asking Japan to respond to the export control of semiconductors to China.
Japan's Kyodo News, "Sankei Shimbun" and other media pointed out that this is the first time that the ministers of the United States and Japan have directly made a request for cooperation.
According to sources, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (Gina Raimondo) said in a telephone conversation that Japan, as an ally that shares its China strategy with the United States, hopes that Japan can respond to the Biden administration's request for cooperation.
In an interview with the US media in November, Raimondo said that it is expected that in the future, Japan and the Netherlands will follow the example of the United States and impose chip restrictions on China.
The U.S. hopes that Japan can limit the export of high-tech semiconductor manufacturing equipment, etc., so as to slow down China's progress in developing advanced semiconductors.
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